White Island Vulcano Eruption: Criminal judgments for island owners thrown in the island owners | White Island Vulcano

The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand, in which 22 tourists and local leaders died in an outbreak, had their criminal conviction that they were not safe from a judge on Friday.

The decision was published last October for the owner company at the High Court in the city of Auckland last October, where they appealed against the indictment for the New Zealand's work and security regulation after the outbreak of Whakaari, also known as White Island.

In March of last year, the Whakaari Management company – operations of three brothers who own the active volcano on the New Zealand North Island – was instructed to pay millions of dollars in fines and restitution, which were mainly US and Australian cruise ships on a hike.

The company's lawyers have lodged an appeal against criminal conviction in the same month.

The case depended on whether the management of Whakaari – access to the volcano for tourists and scientific groups granted and received fees for permits – should be responsible for security at the location of the volcano according to the New Zealand's New Zealand. Anyone who is responsible for a workplace must also manage the dangers and ensure the safety of everyone there, also at entry and exit points.

Survivors informed the process in emotional evidence during the experiment in 2023 in 2023 that they had not been informed that the active volcano was dangerous than they paid for a visit. They were not supplied with protective equipment and many wore clothes that made their terrible burns more harmful.

In the written decision on Friday, Justice Simon Moore decided that the company had no obligation under the responsible law to ensure that the workplace of the hike was without risks for health and security. He agreed to the company's lawyers that the law firm only granted access to the mere country for the tourism business – and would not have been legally regarded as the company that managed the workplace or controlled.

The case had far -reaching effects and has the laws that regulate the New Zealand adventure tourism industry, which is often based on the outdoor thrill on or around the many natural dangers of the country. The operators must now take all reasonable steps to inform customers about serious risks.

In the hearing last October, the lawyers of the company said that other landowners were not ready to enable such activities on their property – a proposal rejected by the regulatory authority.